Review: Mount Eerie – Black Wooden EP

Mount Eerie – Black Wooden EP Southern Records 2009 [tags: folk, dark, ep, great!, happy new year] Listen while reading: Appetite (from Black Wooden EP) ___________________________________________________ Last post for 2009 and well, I think if features some very nice music that was released just before 2010. The man I’m talking about is not an unknown [...]

Read Full Post »

New band alert: The Shants – Russian River Songs EP

The Shants – Russian River Songs EP self-released 2009 [tags: alt. country, folk, ep] Listen while reading:  So Strange, These Days (from Russian River Songs EP) ___________________________________________________ It’s only two days before 2010 and I’m very happy that I found yet found another great band in the outgoing year. Ok, I did not really find [...]

Read Full Post »

Introducing: Dermot Kennedy

Dermot Kennedy [tags: acoustic, americana, singer-songwriter] Listen while reading: Drop In Low (unreleased) The Buccaneer (unreleased) ___________________________________________________ The holidays are over and CFM is back with some fresh music you really should listen to. I’m talking about a young man from Dublin/Ireland with a fascinating americana voice armed with acoustic guitar and a bunch of [...]

Read Full Post »

MERRY CHRISTMAS! And happy Christmas holidays to all of you!

Low – Christmas EP Kranky 1999 [tags: merry christmas!] Listen while reading: Little Drummer Boy (from Christmas EP) ___________________________________________________ Just wanted to wish you all a merry Christmas and I hope you have a great time right now. Santa Clause and the Weihnachtsmann are ruling! CFM will be back with new posts on 12-28-09 (maybe [...]

Read Full Post »

Review: Ainara LeGardon – Forgive Me If I Don’t Come Home To Sleep Tonight

Ainara LeGardon – Forgive Me If I Don’t Come Home To Sleep Tonight Winslow Lab 2009 [tags: folk, folk rock, somber, 2009] Listen while reading: Weightless (from Forgive Me If I Don’t Come Home To Sleep Tonight) The Death Most Desired (from Forgive Me If I Don’t Come Home To Sleep Tonight) ___________________________________________________ Are you [...]

Read Full Post »

Videos, videos, videos…: Greenland Is Melting

Greenland Is Melting You  know that I love Greenland Is Melting’s music and that I wrote about them every time I heard something new. And today I saw a new video and I thought I would share it with you. Also, in case you don’t get enough of their music, I added some older vids [...]

Read Full Post »

Maybe you missed it: Vashti Bunyan – Lookaftering

Vashti Bunyan – Lookaftering Fat Cat Records 2005 [tags: acoustic, folk, 2005] Listen while reading: Turning Backs (from Lookafterings) Feet Of Clay (from Lookaftering) ___________________________________________________ With one day delay, here is the promised article on Vashti Bunyan’s release for 2005: Lookaftering. I told you that I totally dig Vashti’s Just Another Diamond Day and that [...]

Read Full Post »

Maybe you missed it: Vashti Bunyan – Just Another Diamond Day

Vashti Bunyan – Just Another Diamond Day 1970 (re-released by Spinney Records 2000) [tags: acoustic, folk, 1970] Listen while reading: Diamond Day (from Just Another Diamond Day) Where I Like To Stand (from Just Another Diamond Day) ___________________________________________________ I have to admit, that I did not know about the existance of Vashti Bunyan just a [...]

Read Full Post »

Some words about: Josephine Foster – Graphic As A Star

Josephine Foster – Graphic As A Star Fire Records 2009 [tags: acoustic, folk, 2009] Listen while reading: Trust In The Unexpected (from Graphic As A Star) How Happy Is The Little Stone (from Graphic As A Star) ___________________________________________________ I don’t know why and how I missed the release of Josephine Foster’s new album Graphic As [...]

Read Full Post »

***100th post*** Introducing: BLOOD RED DYNASTY (my little side blog)

Yeah…time goes by, even in CFM land. And that’s the reason why I’m happy to  present to you the 100th post on Common Folk Meadow….yay! Ok, but no time for party or celebrating, the blog must go on and I hope that I can continue with the regular updates at least for 100 post more. [...]

Read Full Post »

Review: South China – Washingtons

South China – Washingtons Peapod Recordings 2009 [tags: acoustic, folk, pop, no pop, orchestral, 2009, great] Listen while reading: Painting (from Washingtons) Sun Sets On Washington Ave. (from Washingtons) ___________________________________________________ I wrote about South China before and I had the impression that Washingtons will be one of the best albums of 2009 – and well, [...]

Read Full Post »

Introducing: The Wolf Explosion – Send Your Rope EP

The Wolf Explosion – Send Your Rope EP free ep (download) self-released 2009 [tags: acoustic, folk, ep, 2009, free download] Listen while reading: Powerwhore (from Send Your Rope EP) ___________________________________________________ I’m very happy everytime a young band contacts me aksing for a review – and if they make good music you can be sure you [...]

Read Full Post »

New band alert: State Champion – Stale Champagne

State Champion – Stale Champagne Sophomore Lounge Records 2010 [tags: garage country, LP, 2010] Listen while reading: Come See What I Have Done (from Stale Champagne) Download it! Keeping Time (from Stale Champagne) Download it! ___________________________________________________ Last post here on CFM was about the new Midlake Single and we will stay on the same path [...]

Read Full Post »

Quickie: News: Midlake releases limited 12” single “Acts Of Man” (12-14-09)

Midlake – Acts Of Man 12” Bella Union 2009 [tags: folk, folk rock, limited, single, 12''] Midlake is releasing a limited 12” single via Bella Union. The single will hit the road on 14th December (Europe) and 15th December (US). It features two songs, Acts Of Man and Rulers, Ruling All Things, is limited to [...]

Read Full Post »

Quickie: News: Greenland Is Melting unveils new LP cover artwork for “Our Hearts Are Gold, Our Grass Is Blue”

Greenland Is Melting – Our Hearts Are Gold, Our Grass Is Blue Paper + Plastick Records 2009 (click picture to enlarge) or click here to see the old artwork Listen while reading: Blood On The Banjo (from Our Hearts Are Gold, Our Grass Is Blue) Download it! ___________________________________________________ We worte about Greenland is Melting before [...]

Read Full Post »

Introducing: Galapaghost – Our Lost Generation EP

Galapaghost – Our Lost Generation EP self-released 2009 [tags: folk, indie folk, indie rock, ukulele, ep, 2009] Listen while reading: Goodnight Moon (from Our Lost Generation EP) Lost Generation (from Our Lost Generation EP) ___________________________________________________ Ever heard of ukel-indie rock? Me neither. But Casey Chandler from New York, recording under the moniker Galapaghost, just describes [...]

Read Full Post »

Quickie: News: Seabear releases new Single: Lion Face Boy / Cold Summer 7”

Seabear – Lion Face Boy / Cold Summer 7” A Number Of Small Things 2009 [tags: indie folk, iceland, fully streamable, 7''] Back in 2007 Seabear (hailing from Reykjavik/Iceland) released a wonderful indie folk/pop album called The Ghost That Carried Us Away. As I first listened to the music I was taken prisoner to these [...]

Read Full Post »

CFM 2009: Recommendations

Actually I didn’t want to make any list because I missed some important amounts of music in the first three-quater of the year. But then I thought it would not be fair against the good albums I discovered nonetheless. And so I give you a list with 13 recommendations of records I really liked over [...]

Read Full Post »

Some words about: Avital Raz – Skin And Feathers EP

Avital Raz – Skin And Feathers EP self-released 2009 [tags: acoustic, folk, ep, 2009] Listen while reading: Sweeter Than Candy (from Skin And Feathers EP) ___________________________________________________ Yesterday CNC took us on a trip through outer space and today we alight in Tel Aviv/Israel to meet Avital Raz, a singer-songwriter combining “Indian, Middle Eastern, Celtic, and [...]

Read Full Post »

Out of the ordinary: Review: CNC – No Mood EP

CNC – No Mood EP DRAW Records 2009 [tags: shoegaze, dream pop, 2009] Listen while reading: Magenta Ants (from No Mood EP) ___________________________________________________ No folk today because we leave our traditional route and head for some shoegaze with a hint of dream pop from Warsaw/Poland made by Borys Dejnarowicz and Piotr Maciejewski operating under the [...]

Read Full Post »